Razvoj meteodologije za vrednovanje usluga ekosistema development of a methodology for the evaluation of ecosystem services

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Services of ecosystem are the benefits that ecosystems provide to the society. Ecosystem services are all kinds of benefits that humanity has from an established process system in the ecosystem. It covers the supply, regulation and support services and culture. Ecosystem products are resources derived from ecosystems, and humans use them in a natural or altered form. They are vitally important for people's lives. In Serbia, this natural capital is neglected, and monitoring is barely present. Services that the ecosystem provides to a human is very difficult to value. In order to understand the effects that can be obtained from an adequate management by nature, it is necessary to present them in a monetary way. Models have been developed that quantify and map the values of environmental services. Validating ecosystem services through the development of the methodology using the Invests model, provides ecosystem management and involvement in the planning and decision-making process. The models are a spatially explicitly integrated modeling tool that quantifies changes in ecosystem services, e.g. different ways of using soil, the amount of carbon in the soil, and so on. Usually uses maps and tables on the resources, natural resource management in the function of environmental protection, for example, which can be combined with the economic data. By developing a methodology for valorization of ecosystem services, mechanisms would be proposed and actions undertaken for possible monetary compensation of individual ecosystem services, as well as "penalties" due to degradation or inadequate soil management. Sustainability of natural resources and environmental protection is the primary task of our community. The concept of sustainability is real, only if the company is ready to invest in the preservation and restoration of natural capital to maintain the ecosystem and its services.

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